, 1887-03-17

NIT t. become Jaw. Maybe cur
people wouldn't east two thirds of
,hoir votes fyr B,aine-if they had
chance, Our gifted young delegate
wh, posed on hi shape ha5 again
brought his giant intellect to bear on
on the statehood question-and has
accomplished his full average result,
o. The giant intellect Is said to have
survived the strain. and j. still un-
impaired. How kind in the young
sproUt Of sycamoredom 10 thus con
sent 10 rattle around in Tom Brents'
shoes. after poking fun at the hon
ogel and faithful record made by
that gentleman while delegate. The
statehood bill for Washington was
l5ns since passed by the republican
senate, yet our gifted delegate" with
the giant intellect" cannot even get
a vote taken on It-and that, too, in a
house where he Is in political accord
with the majority. Some one said a
good while ago that when our state
hood bill was mentioned, old Dan,
the old he sycamore himself, patted
his boy on the head and said: keep
still my child''-and the child kept
still. Promises and wind pudding
bid fair to be regular political diet in
Washington territory to the end Of
the chapter
What d glorious American priyil-
ege it is to growl. We feel that way
/ somewhat q piece Of restaurant
pie fall on onr dainty foot yesterday,
and have been laid up for repairs
ever since. In one restaurant here is
Il flaming motto: Honor to the
Brave which probably means that
only brave man dare face the dead
/ Iy restaurant pie when it lnoveth
itself Alright.
THE SALVATION ARMY.
We have had the pleasure OF at
tending a skirmish by the loca! squad
Of Salvation Army soldiers at their
barracks here on Market street. They
are certainly peculiar. No one, how
ever, can fail to he impressed with
their earnestness and the zeal with
which they pray and shout and sing
and eXhort sinners even under the
most adverse circumstances. Often
are they called upon to face the ieers
! of d mob, and even violence. Their
peculiar methods lead them to 90
into the streets and by ways. The
meeting we attended was conducted
by about dozen of the soldiers, =
about equally divided between the
sexes. They wear uniforms, and
their favorite musical instruments.
in lieu OF an orchestra. are tambour-
ines. The singing is mostly of the
darlly, campmeeting kind, and is
accompanied by swaying of the body
i'll most cases, as well as genuhections
/ that rarely fail tC work the audience
! into an excitement of sympathy.
Their cermOnizing seems to be mostly
off-hand exhortations, and although
their meetings are boistrous, yet we
are told that cases OF rowdyism rare
! ly cause trouble. The women are
very plainly dressed in LACK, looking
in some cases rather like nuns. Two
of the sisters we saw, and who were
most prominent, wore what are called
/ hailelujah bonnets-th bOnnets
being much the shape of ladies sum
mer shutdown" hats, tied down with
black scarf so as to leave the front
OF the bonnet projecting very much
like an inverted scoop shovel i
collection was then taken, when the
dimes and quarters ratified into an
uptTrned tambourine The services
lasted nearly two hours. and were
varied, sometimes members of the
army going around among the audi
cnce and engaging in personal soliei-
/ tation with individuals here and there.
Attendance was liberal, and we learn
that revival meetings of this charac-
ter frequently run for months and
months with undimirished interest.
Undoubtedly they reach a class of
people seldom reached by the regular
churches Among those engaged
were four whose strong English ac-
cent betrayed the nationality, one
was German and one n Scotchman.
March 9.
! The more one sees of this city the
more its solid ty, enterprise and var
ie!y of resources become apparent.
It's wharves extending along the city
front for half a dozen blocks or more
present "A small forest of masts and
spars. where Puget Sounds wealth
OF lumher, coal, pig iron and grain
/ are received and disbursed. Its
factories cover wide range of pro
! ductions: its Wholesale houses send
ont goods to all parts of the coast; It's
hotels entertain hever ceasing
stream Of visitors from all directions
many from the east who come here
to see the Pacific coast and enjoy the
| spending of their surplus coin; among
these hotels are half dozen that
would 10 credit 10 any city: the lord
ly Palace, towering seven stories
heavenward with its million dollar
outfit, covering Il block of land and
including everything possible TO con-
c2iye IL the line of elegance and
cFratGrn comforts. l. SurpaSSed bv